OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Hon. Bruce L. Parker 

county Attorney, orfay Oounty 

P88pa, %Xb8 

opiaion Ho. o-7375 

Re: Authority of colpl 

vlthout bonded in 

41.50 tax rate pe 

Ve have your letter of A 

you repueat, on behalf of the Su 

School8 of Oray County, an opin 

on the follovlng quertlonr 

by the proper 01 

27840, v, A. c. 

Actr 1945, chbpte 

erence to Article 

8 b8 fOllOV8: 

8loner8 ocurt for the 

countr, and the dir trlat 

ndent rchool di8triot8 

08 Only, 8hr11 h8Ve POVer 

ollocted the annual taxer bad 

buthorlred, rubjrct to the 

on rchool dirtriott, for the further 

ubllc Sree 8ohool8 and the eawtion and 

of 8chool buildlngr therein, b 8MIJir1 tt~; 

md in lndepend8nt dirtriatr for the aaintenoe of 

8cbool8 thotiin, UI ad valorm tax not to exoeed One 

Dollar and Iviftr Cent8 (41.50) on the one hundred 

dollar@ vbluation of taxable property of the di8triCt. 
. 

6.53 

Pan. Bruoe L. ?brker, -90 2 

“2. b 0-m rohool bnd lndopondont di8triOt8, 

for the purahb8a, oonrtruotlon, npblr or equiprent 

Of pUblie in0 8obOOi bUildbig Vithin th@ iii&it8 

Of 8Uoh di8triat8 rod tb purohra of the n.0088~~~ 

8it.8 th.NfOr, b tU not t0 0%8OOd fifty O-t8 (504) 

0 th. dsI@ huDdrvd dOlbM VblU&tiWi, 8UOb tbx to ti 

for the pbywnt or the 8UFFUkt intWW8t aa bnd pro*lde 

b 8iXikh@ fund 8UffiOiUIt t0 mf ah0 prinOlpr1 Of bond8 

vhioh 8bid dIrtriot bM 8mpovrrod to 188~0 for ruob 

plmp0r.r; 

"3. The uoAt of wlntenbnao tax, togother vith 

the mount of bond tU Of any dLtriot, 8hll never 

oxcoed 0810 Doltir bnd lrifty OMt8 (41.50) on the one 

hundred dolbm ~luatloa of ‘kublo property: and If 

the nto of bond tax, together vith the rate of ~palntMbIiC0 tU VOtdd in th. dirtriot 8hd1 bt bl&y t-0 

oxmod On0 Dollbr and ?iftJ Coat8 (41.50) on the one 

hunbed dOllbN 7blUbtiOQ rueh bollla tU 8hd1 o~mte 

to reduc8 tho urlntenance tu to the dirromoe betveen 

the rbte of the bond tu bnd One Dollar bnd Fifty Cent.8 

(41.50). 

'1. Bo tar rhall bo levied, collected, bbrogatod, 

dlalalrhed or lncreb8ed, bnd n0 bond8 8hs11 be i88UOd 

hereunder until 8uch botion h&r beon buthorlzed by b 

8AJorlty of the vote8 cart bt &a rlootioa hold in the 

dlrtrlot for ruch pUl"pO8OD , bt vhioh none but property 

tbxpsyw qualified voter8 Of such dirtriot still be 

ontitled to vat.. 

"5. All PrO~rtJ b88088ed fO2' 8OhOOl ~08.8 in b 

0088Oa rchool di8triot 8h811 be b88e88.d bt the lWt0 Of 

tblU@ Of pro~l’ty b8 8bid prOpWtJ i8 b88888.d iOr Stbte 

bnd county purp08.1.” 

Heferrlng to the bbOV0 quoted rtatutb it vi11 be 

8een that Section 1 the-of clobrly buthoric.8 b WXSMRB 

ad ralom tu for both omon and ladependent rchool dlrtrlctr of $1.50 on the m Hundred Ikllw-8 velution of 

taxbbh property Of the d.iirt?iGt, 8lUh tu t0 be 10vled for 

th. ml9080 Of MhltMfU¶dO, ONo tfw. b a d l qUi~*nt Of 8OhOOl 

building8 thereln. By th0 pFOV18hXI fir 8eOtlOn 4 Of 8UCh 

statute, no tax may be levied unlerr huthorlted by 8 ujorlty 

rote ot the qurllfled property taxpaying voter8 of the dl8- 

trl8t. 
654 

Hon. Bruoo L. Pbrker, pafp 

a00tiath 3 0s the 

3 

bbov. 8tb tUtl xprO88ly e QMvide8 

._ ~. 

thbt in the l vrnt bond8 bM toted by the dirtriot bnd b bond 

tu levied themfor punwnt to &&ion 2, much bond tos vi11 

opento to nduao the 8blntMbnoo tbx to tho dirroMn00 ktvoan the mto of the bond tu (vhloh my not l xeaed 504) 

and the tokl of 41.50 mulmm for both miatonanco md bond 

JNlF&308.8. In other vordr, IS b 41.50 Mintubnoo tu hb8 

boon voted ud lovied and, rubroQuently, b bedd lrruo 18 

buthorlmd togethrr vlth b 35/ bond tu therefor, then the 

ulntonbnco tbx vi11 bUtOMtitXd1~ b8 nduood to 41.15 80 

thbt the totbl bd vblon8 tu of the dlrtrlot vi11 not 

orcoed $1.50. 

We bn unable to rind my requlremnt thbt a 

caplllon or independent rchool diltriat mart lnour bonded 

Indebtednrrr before ruoh dirtriot i8 buthorlzed to levy b 

8axlmm bd valorem tag for malntenanoe purporor of $1.50 

on thr 4100 vrlortion of property of 8UCh dirtriot, md 

the bbovo-quoted rktuto eXplu88ly nOgatlw8 any 8goh 

oon8truotlon. 

You are thsrefoxw advised that your question 18 

amvered In the bffiI%btiVe. 

Very truly yours 

ATTOXHBY OEIlpRAL OF lrraas